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1981 Oakland A's  (1980)  (1982) 98-64, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 795 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 105-57 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .739 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 99-63   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 64-45 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy Defeated Detroit Tigers in Championship Series, 3 games to 0. Defeated Montreal Expos in World Series, 4 games to 2.

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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Rickey Henderson     22  161  660  124  208  29  10   8   58  68   8   95   96  .315  .404  .426  128   7.3  1(0)e11   -16  
 OF *Dwayne Murphy        26  162  621  120  157  11   7  32   79   5   3   85  153  .253  .345  .448  101   5.6  1(-1)e8    17  
 1B *Al Oliver            34  132  501   53  165  25   3   3   76   1   0   21   32  .329  .352  .409   69   5.3  3e25        2  
 OF  Tony Armas           28  162  650   71  159  31   5  22   74   3   1   22  193  .245  .273  .409   68   3.6  1(-3)e3   -92  
 DH *Rusty Staub          37  102  235   36   84  14   1  11   49   1   1   47   19  .357  .466  .566   62  10.2            168  
 3B *Wayne Gross          29  134  371   55   78  11   1  23   54   1   1   59   46  .210  .326  .431   49   4.2  4e27       87  
 3B  Steve Dillard        30   68  181   37   67  18   4   6   33   0   0   15   27  .370  .414  .613   47  10.9  4e37      415  
 1B  Tony Perez           39   80  229   39   67  13   1  14   55   0   0   29   48  .293  .366  .541   45   7.2  4e12      203  
 C   Gene Tenace          34   84  207   27   52  11   0   4   32   0   0   52   64  .251  .416  .362   37   6.4  4(0)e5    -41  
 SS  Rob Picciolo         28   82  215   27   66   2   4   8   31   0   0    5   30  .307  .326  .465   29   5.1  4e14      104  
 2B *Duane Kuiper         31  123  313   37   90   7   0   0   22   1   0   14   22  .288  .316  .310   29   3.4  3e13       56  
 3B  Mickey Klutts        26   36   70   16   28   2   0  11   24   0   0    5   10  .400  .455  .900   27  16.8  4e21      263  
 SS  Tim Foli             30  128  370   33   78  11   4   0   28   4   1   18   16  .211  .251  .262   25   2.3  3e30      -70  
 DH  Benny Ayala          30   52  132   24   41   2   0   8   23   0   0   13   13  .311  .380  .508   23   6.5            117  
 C   Jeff Newman          32   62  195   15   44  12   1   4   11   0   0    8   36  .226  .255  .359   15   2.5  3(-1)e1    25  
 C   Steve Yeager         32   58  129   14   32   5   0   7   27   0   0   11   16  .248  .305  .450   15   3.9  2(-2)e2   156  
 2B  Doug Flynn           30  127  273   26   46   9   4   0   21   0   0    7   14  .168  .187  .231   11   1.3  1e13     -121  
 DH *George Vukovich      25   20   42    4   21   1   0   0    8   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .524   11  14.1            116  
 DH  Jeff Burroughs       30   38  101    7   25   3   0   1   13   0   0   12   18  .248  .322  .307   10   3.6           -105  
 PH  Kelvin Moore         23   30   34    8   10   3   1   1    7   0   0    7   12  .294  .415  .529    8   9.2            255  
 3B  Steve Lubratich      26    9   29    5   13   3   0   0    2   1   1    0    6  .448  .448  .552    6  10.9  3e37      667  
 PH *Mike Patterson       23   38   45    6   11   1   3   0   10   0   0    7    8  .244  .339  .400    6   4.8           -145  
 DH #Matt Alexander       34    8   16    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .438  .438  .500    3   8.1            210  
 2B  Shooty Babitt        22   11   16    3    4   0   1   0    1   0   0    3    2  .250  .350  .375    2   5.3  4e21      110  
 C   Bill Nahorodny       27   14   20    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .300  .300  .400    2   4.6  4(+1)e16  107  
 C   Larry Cox            33    9   20    4    5   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    5  .250  .250  .400    2   3.6  3(+1)e16  112  
 DH *Bob Jones            31    6   20    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    8  .150  .217  .200    1   1.6           -427  
 PH *Mitchell Page        29    6    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000  .167  .000    0    .2           -316  
 1B #Mark Budaska         28    4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  5e30     -437  
 3B  Julio Gonzalez       28    3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  3e37     -848  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           844                   32

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Steve McCatty        27  27   7  .794  38  37  14   1   1   0   4  289.0  222   88   71  19  118  143  2.21   95   2.9   -2  
  P  Rick Langford        29  16  17  .485  40  39  18   0   0   0   6  301.2  286  141  130  32   93  128  3.88  136   4.1  -26  
  P  Mike Norris          26  14  12  .538  38  36  11   1   1   0   2  265.1  230  118  103  25  100  129  3.49  113   3.9  -13  
  P  Matt Keough          26  13  11  .542  31  30  10   0   0   0   1  216.0  174   93   88  20   73   88  3.67   79   3.3  -56  
  P  Dave Smith           26  11   6  .647  66   0   0  46  18  12   0  115.2   76   36   32   7   50   73  2.49   37   2.9    1  
  P  Dan Spillner         29  10   3  .769  40   7   1  12   1   3   0   94.0   90   27   25   4   40   61  2.39   44   4.3   13  
  P  Aurelio Lopez        32   4   6  .400  54   4   0  32  11   2   0   98.2   98   44   39   8   42   63  3.56   50   4.5   15  
  P  Brian Kingman        26   3   2  .600  26   9   0  13   5   0   0   81.0   77   40   33   6   28   57  3.67   36   4.0  -90  
  P  Jeff Jones           24   0   0  .000   3   0   0   3   1   0   0    4.1    3    1    1   1    2    2  2.08    1   3.8   -3  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      596        -19

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gene Tenace 558 60 78 318 28 6 0 .983 49 16 Jeff Newman 464 53 62 301 14 2 0 .994 30 10 Steve Yeager 342 39 58 180 20 1 4 .995 17 10 Bill Nahorodny 58 5 12 33 4 1 1 .974 8 3 Larry Cox 44 5 8 19 2 1 0 .955 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Oliver 973 107 114 955 65 15 82 .986 9.44 Tony Perez 469 55 56 461 40 2 38 .996 9.61 Rusty Staub 13 0 5 9 1 1 5 .909 6.92 Mitchell Page 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Kelvin Moore 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Gene Tenace 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Mark Budaska 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Duane Kuiper 723 104 115 234 203 6 55 .986 5.44 Doug Flynn 712 55 117 192 202 8 43 .980 4.98 Shooty Babitt 21 3 4 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.00 Steve Dillard 5 0 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.64 Rob Picciolo 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Kelvin Moore 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wayne Gross 980 108 133 109 167 16 19 .945 2.54 Steve Dillard 305 35 51 37 46 7 6 .922 2.45 Mickey Klutts 123 13 22 14 23 0 1 1.000 2.71 Steve Lubratich 53 6 6 7 8 1 0 .938 2.55 Julio Gonzalez 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Rusty Staub 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Foli 985 106 127 206 349 19 61 .967 5.07 Rob Picciolo 460 56 74 95 161 6 29 .977 5.01 Doug Flynn 18 0 11 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.44 Steve Dillard 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rickey Henderson 1453 161 161 278 10 10 2 .966 1.78 Jeff Burroughs 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Benny Ayala 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dwayne Murphy 1455 162 162 475 22 5 3 .990 3.07 Tony Armas 10 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Armas 1445 162 162 370 16 3 2 .992 2.40 Jeff Burroughs 10 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Mike Patterson 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Benny Ayala 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Rusty Staub 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1981 Draft

Round 1 (#21):	Rusty Staub
Round 2 (#39):	Gene Tenace

Transactions

• 1981-04: acquired George Vukovich as a free agent
• 1981-05: acquired Steve Lubratich as a free agent
• 1981-10: released George Vukovich
• 1981-10: acquired Larry Cox as a free agent
• 1981-13: released Larry Cox
• 1981-13: acquired Bill Nahorodny as a free agent
• 1981-15: released Bill Nahorodny
• 1981-15: acquired Bob Jones as a free agent
• 1981-16: traded OAA#2 to KCA for Jeff Burroughs
• 1981-17: released Bob Jones
• 1981-17: acquired Bill Nahorodny as a free agent
• 1981-20: released Steve Lubratich
• 1981-20: acquired Matt Alexander as a free agent
• 1981-22: released Matt Alexander
• 1981-22: acquired Julio Gonzalez as a free agent

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